![]() Click where it says Only Me and change it to Custom. Once you’re ready, it’s time to share the photos. ![]() If you’re using Faces in Aperture, and had matched those faces before sharing, then that should all happen automatically. Just click the pencil icon in the corner of the image, and choose Delete This Photo.ĭon’t forget to delete your placeholder photo before changing sharing permissionsĪlso if you want to tag people in the photos, you can do that before or after you change permissions. But before you do, don’t forget to delete that temporary photo that you had to upload to create the album in the first place. Now it’s time to go back to Facebook and update the permissions. ![]() The Activity monitor will tell you what’s happening and when the photos are done uploading Change Permissions in Facebook If you want to monitor progress, click on the spinner at the bottom of the Viewer, or select Window > Show Activity. If your album isn’t showing up in the list, refresh it by clicking this iconOnce the photos are uploaded, you can switch back to Facebook to change permissions. It’ll spin for a few seconds while Aperture talks to Facebook, then after that you can try to share again, and your new album should be there. Click Cancel, then click the sharing icon next to the Facebook account under the Web collection. If you don’t see it, then Aperture hasn’t refreshed the list yet. You’ll be able to choose your new album from the Album list. Select your newly-created private Facebook album in Aperture Now it’s time to switch to Aperture! Add Photos from Apertureīack in Aperture, select the photos that you want to share to Facebook, and click the Share > Facebook button. Since the album is only visible to you, it won’t actually post them anywhere. Set the Facebook album permissions to “Only Me” to start Since at this point you’re not ready to share it with anyone, set the privacy to Only Me. What you do need to do right away however is set the Album Privacy. The lion photo is my temp JPEG that I uploaded to start the album. Notice in the screenshot below, I’ve named this “New Year’s Eve 2012”. You can do this later if you like, but at least name the Album now since you’ll be looking for this later in Aperture. Once it’s uploaded, you’ll be able to name your Album, add a location, date, and all of those things. You’ll delete it later, so it really doesn’t matter what it is. I keep a small JPEG on the desktop just for this sort of thing. You have to choose a photo to add to the album before you can set up any album options, so pick any old photo. Unfortunately you can’t create an empty album! When you click Create New Album you’re presented with a file selection window. Create the Album in Facebookįirst, log into, click the Photos view from the list on the left, then select Albums and then Create New Album.įirst log into and create a new Album Of course there are a few steps along the way, and that’s what this post is all about. Basically, you create the private album on first, then add your photos to that album from Aperture. ![]() So the solution is quite simple, if not a little tedious. The challenge is, when you create a new Facebook album in Aperture, you don’t have the option to make it private.įacebook albums created in Aperture can’t be made private Really it was a rash of holiday parties that got me looking for a good solution to publishing photos privately on Facebook directly from Aperture. However not necessarily publicly, but privately. It’s at the very end of this post.įor better or for worse, I’ve been using Facebook to share photos more lately. There’s a video version of this tip! I know you guys love those, so I’ll try to do more of them.
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